Definitions for BREASTbrɛstBREAST

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word BREAST.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

breast, chest(noun)

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

"he beat his breast in anger"

breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty(noun)

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

breast, white meat(noun)

meat carved from the breast of a fowl

breast(verb)

the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

breast(verb)

meet at breast level

"The runner breasted the tape"

summit, breast(verb)

reach the summit (of a mountain)

"They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

front, breast(verb)

confront bodily

"breast the storm"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

breast(Noun)

Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.

breast(Noun)

The chest, or front of the human thorax.

breast(Noun)

A section of clothing covering the breast area.

breast(Noun)

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.

She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.

breast(Noun)

The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.

The robin has a red breast.

breast(Noun)

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast.

Would you like breast or wing?

breast(Verb)

To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.

He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.

Origin: From brest, from breost, from

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Breast(noun)

the fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse

Breast(noun)

either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat

Breast(noun)

anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill

Breast(noun)

the face of a coal working

Breast(noun)

the front of a furnace

Breast(noun)

the seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart

Breast(noun)

the power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast

Breast(verb)

to meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves

Breast(noun)

a torus

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Breast

The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, containing the mammary gland which in a female can secrete milk used to feed infants.
Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty, female sex hormones, mainly estrogen, promote breast development which does not occur in men due to the higher amount of testosterone. As a result, women's breasts become far more prominent than those of men.
During pregnancy, the breast is responsive to a complex interplay of hormones that cause tissue development and enlargement in order to produce milk. Three such hormones are estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which cause glandular tissue in the breast and the uterus to change during the menstrual cycle.
Each breast contains 15–20 lobes. The subcutaneous adipose tissue covering the lobes gives the breast its size and shape. Each lobe is composed of many lobules, at the end of which are sacs where milk is produced in response to hormonal signals.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Breast

brest, n. the forepart of the human body between the neck and the belly: one of the two mammary glands in women, forming soft protuberances on the chest: the corresponding part of any animal: (fig.) conscience, disposition, affections.—v.t. to bear the breast against: to oppose manfully: to mount.—n.Breast′-bone, the bone running down the middle of the breast, to which the first seven ribs are attached.—adv.Breast′-deep, deep, as up to the breast.—adj.Breast′ed, having a breast.—adv.Breast′-high, high as the breast—ns.Breast′-knot, a knot of ribbons worn on the breast; Breast′pin, an ornamental pin for the breast; Breast′plate, a plate or piece of armour for the breast: (B.) an embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high-priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel; Breast′-plough, a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a cross-bar against which the breast is pressed; Breast′rail, the upper rail of a breastwork; Breast′summer, Bres′summer, a summer or beam supporting the whole front of a building in the same way as a lintel supports the portion over an opening; Breast′-wall, a retaining wall; Breast′-wheel, a water-wheel which is turned by water delivered upon it at about half its height; Breast′work, a hastily constructed earthwork.—To make a clean breast of, to make a full confession. [A.S. bréost; Ger. brust, Dut. borst.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Breast

In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.

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